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American TV series
Those Who Can't is an American sitcom that aired on truTV. The series revolves around a group of teachers at a fictional high school in Denver, Colorado. It premiered February 11, 2016,[4] and ran for three seasons before being canceled on April 24, 2019.[5]
Those Who Can't is a half-hour sitcom set in Denver, Colorado.[1] The show follows three dysfunctional teachers, played by show creators Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy of the Denver-based comedy trio The Grawlix. More inept than the kids they teach, they're out to beat the system as they struggle to survive each day on their own terms. Maria Thayer stars as the school librarian with a bubbling passion for life.[6] The show is set in the fictional Smoot High School, named after the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
The show was originally set up for Amazon Studios[7] who paid $50,000 to shoot the pilot.[1] Amazon gave it a script order for 6 more episodes but ultimately did not order it to series.[8][4] The show was acquired by truTV[7] as their first-ever full-length scripted comedy and was ordered with 10 episodes.[9] The acquisition was part of truTV's comedy-driven “Way More Fun” programming initiative.[7] When the show was first created, Cayton-Holland stated they wrote the character of Abbey Logan (originally played by comedian Nikki Glaser[10]), the high-school librarian, as the love interest. Orvedahl stated that in the pilot, Abbey "just sort of lived in the library and served only to flirt with Adam’s character.” The character and role was revised for the shows run at truTV and Abbey is stated to have become "one of the gang" with all the characters now on equal footing.[4]
The show holds a TV-MA rating due to language and sexually suggestive humor. Its title is a reference to the George Bernard Shaw proverb "those who can, do; those who can't, teach."
- Sonya Eddy as Tammy, the secretary to Principal Quinn. She is often the only sensible person in the school, but is largely ignored and ridiculed. Tammy and Loren Payton have a strong mutual dislike.
- Kyle Kinane as Rod Knorr, an alcoholic teacher at Smoot. He is rarely sober at school, other than a few short stints of abstinence, and often gets caught up in the schemes of the other teachers. Billy Shoemaker dated his mother, Doris, until her death, which really bothered him. Often distills crème de menthe and is a big fan of Señor Frog's margaritas.
- The Sklar Brothers as Drs. Rick and Astor Green, a pair of twins who often take turns pretending to be the same school physician.
- Susie Essman as Leslie Bronn, the school's home ec teacher. She is sarcastic and abrasive and seems to have side hustles, such as making rock candy with Loren to sell when the school's vending machines were removed.
- Mary Lynn Rajskub as Summer, the drama teacher who is slightly unhinged.
- Peter Stormare as Superintendent Carson, the district superintendent who unsuccessfully attempts to run for mayor of Denver.
- Cheri Oteri as Cattie Goodman, a "fixer" for the school district who is assigned to replace Quinn as principal after his arrest. She is a devout Christian and is constantly horrified at the gang's antics, which eventually drive her insane.
- Patton Oswalt as Gil Nash, a real estate developer who is elected mayor and is revealed to be sabotaging the school so he can tear it down and build condos on the land.
- Jerry Minor as Steven Sweeney, Smoot's new guidance counselor whom the gang sees as a threat to their slacker lifestyle and whom Quinn uses as a personal therapist.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Gwen Stephanie, the president of the PTA.
- T.J. Miller as Uncle Jake, owner of a local pizzeria and Loren's cousin.
- Mark Hoppus as Measles, one of Shoemaker's former bandmates.
- Michael Madsen as Officer Callahan, the new school police officer, who is revealed to be blind and riding out his service until retirement.
- Will Sasso as Coach Irontoe, a former Denver Bronco whom Cattie appoints as new football coach, but is secretly stealing from the school.
- Kurt Angle as Coach Joe Donnelly, wrestling coach for a rival school whom Abbey has a crush on.
Van Nuys High School is used as a stand-in for exterior shots of Smoot High.
For the first season, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 40% approval rating with an average rating of 5.9/10, based on 10 reviews,[39] with a mixed response from critics: Allison Shoemaker from The A.V. Club gave season 1 a rating "B+", writing: "Cayton-Holland, Orvedahl, and Roy seem to be having the time of their lives, and it's almost impossible to watch people having that much fun without getting in the spirit of things.",[40] while Mark A. Perigard from the American daily newspaper Boston Herald rated the show a "D", reporting: "Watching Those Who Can't is like being stuck in Saturday detention. It feels like forever.".[41] Metacritic graded the series a weighted average rating of 57 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[42]
- ^ a b c Wenzel, John (December 5, 2014). ""The Grawlix pilot "Those Who Can't" gets new life from truTV". Denver Post. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ Wenzel, John (March 3, 2015). ""Those Who Can't," Denver-based sitcom, greenlit by TruTV". Denver Post. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ Wenzel, John (March 11, 2016). "Those Who Can't Is a Show You'll Be Talking About on a Network You Didn't Expect". Esquire. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c Logan, Elizabeth (January 20, 2016). "How the Creators of TruTV's Those Who Can't Reconceived Their Female Character". Vulture. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ Ben Roy on Twitter
- ^ "About the Show". trutv.com. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ a b c Weatherby, Taylor (March 3, 2015). "truTV greenlights first full-length scripted comedy, Those Who Can't". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ "TruTV Orders 'Those Who Can't' as First Scripted Comedy Pilot". December 5, 2014.
- ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (March 3, 2015). "TruTV Greenlights First Full-Length Scripted Comedy Series". Variety. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ "Nikki Glaser". IMDb. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Those Who Can't Cast". truTV. February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (February 12, 2016). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.11.2016". Showbuzzdaily. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
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- ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (November 11, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.10.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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- ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (December 9, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.8.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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- ^ Metcalf, Mitch (February 20, 2019). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.18.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ Metcalf, Mitch (February 26, 2019). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.25.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ Metcalf, Mitch (March 5, 2019). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.4.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
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- ^ "Those Who Can't: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ "It's always far from sunny on Those Who Can't". The A.V. Club. February 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ "Unfunny 'Those Who Can't' lives up to series' name". Boston Herald. February 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ "Those Who Can't Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
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